After the Sun had finally broken through I could see what initially looked like small grey patches all over the lawn. There were dozens of them. On closer inspection I could see they were spiders' webs covered in water droplets, each not more than 2 inches (5cm) across. Time to grab the 50D with 70-200mm zoom plus Raynox close up lens for a few hand held macro shots:
Once the heat of the Sun had dried them out all became invisible once again so the chances of my foot steps destroying several of these tiny spider homes became a real possibility.
I keep forgetting to mention that we still have at least one regular Hedgehog visitor. Penny always makes it her first priority every night to have a look round for spiky visitors. She is now used to their presence and just has several investigations but doesn't try to harm them.
I was expecting to see more webs now but they are few and far between up here.
ReplyDeleteAdrian. It is frustrating waiting for just the right conditions to show them up.
Deletenature's tiny worlds. glad you still have a hedgehog coming by.
ReplyDeleteTWG. Yep. Hoggy seems to be there every night now.
DeleteIt's wonderful what we see when we actually look, isn't it John? You've brought home the fact that every footstep we take has an impact on our planet...
ReplyDeleteThat is true Maree though it is only situations like that which bring it to mind.
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